It’s curtains for “The Gates.”
Teams of dismantlers began a two-week mission to reverse Central Park’s orange makeover yesterday – stripping down the city’s most talked-about art installation into piles of junk ready for the recyclers.
Working through early snow flurries, an army of 300 workers – paid by artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude – began their attack on the flame-colored creations, which have drawn more than a million spectators to the park in the past two weeks.
Once they are taken down, every piece of the $21 million art installation will be recycled.